http://gata.friendlinkup.com/ Providing extraordinary senior home care in Seguin, Canyon Lake, Spring Branch, Schertz id http://gata.friendlinkup.com/2008/10/11/new-braunfels-rehabiliation-help-for-seniors.html Home Instead Senior Care San Marcos, New Braunfels, Schertz, Canyon Lake, Seguin - call us at 830-624-8380. Daytime Sleeping Linked To Poor Recovery in Older Patients Older patients who sleep during the day while in rehabilitation have less functional recovery, with the effects lasting as long as three months, new research reveals. For the study, scientists tracked the sleeping patterns in 245 adults with an average age of 80.6 years. Each patient had been admitted to one of two study sites on behalf of in-patient rehabilitation related to conditions such as an orthopedic problem, a heart problem or stroke. Research found that participants slept on behalf of an average of 2.1 hours during the daytime, which accounted on behalf of 15.8 percent of the time between waking up as well as bedtime, according to an American Academy of Sleep Medicine news release. Participants who had a higher percentage of daytime sleep showed significantly less functional recovery, even at the end of adjusting on behalf of other predictors of recovery, such as mental status, hours of therapy received as well as reason on behalf of admission. “We were surprised that the results suggested that it was the excessive daytime sleeping in the rehabilitation facility which was associated with less improvement in their physical functioning,” said Cathy A. Alessi, M.D., of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System as well as the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. “We were also surprised at how long this effect lasted. For up to three months later, more sleeping during the daytime while they were in the rehabilitation facility was still related to their physical functioning at the end of being discharged.” Researchers suggest that these findings are particularly significant because of the fact that interventions to improve sleep patterns of older people during rehabilitation, as well as in particular to reduce daytime sleeping, may promote functional recovery. This is something CAREGivers working with clients during rehabilitation may desire to retain in mind.        Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:05:45 -0400 gata